Call of the Great Warrior

Intro (Low chant, over drums)

Fire behind me.

Shadows ahead.

Spirits awake—

Hear what was said.

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Verse 1

Flames ate the lodges, swallowed the sky,

Screams on the wind where my people died,

Ash in my lungs, blood on the ground,

Boots in the dirt, rifles the sound.

I ran with the ghosts at my heels that night,

Through broken breath and fading light,

The forest opened like a waiting jaw,

And I crossed a line I’d never saw.

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Pre-Chorus (Building tension)

Trees bent low, the air turned cold,

Every step felt watched, controlled,

I heard my name in a thousand tones—

Not alone.

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Chorus (Haunting, layered vocals)

I ran from fire into the dark,

From burning homes to the shadowed heart,

In the blackened woods where the old drums beat,

I called the one they fear to meet.

Rise from the earth, from blood and bone—

Great Warrior, I am alone.

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Verse 2

Branches clawed at my torn skin,

Like the forest asking where I’d been,

Eyes in the dark, breath on my neck,

Every spirit weighed my debt.

I knelt where the moon refused to shine,

Cut my palm on an ancient sign,

Spoke the words the elders warned,

And the ground began to mourn.

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Pre-Chorus (Lower, more ominous)

Roots twisted, the silence screamed,

This was no prayer—this was need,

The past woke up beneath my feet,

And answered me.

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Chorus (Full force)

I ran from fire into the dark,

From burning homes to the shadowed heart,

In the blackened woods where the old drums beat,

I called the one they fear to meet.

Rise from the earth, from blood and bone—

Great Warrior, I am alone.

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Bridge (Breakdown — chant + drums)

They took our land

They took our lives

They left us nothing

But teeth and knives

Hear my call

Hear my cry

Protect what remains—

Or let me die

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Solo Section

(Guitar wails like voices in pain, bending notes, feedback swelling)

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Final Chorus (Slower, heavier, more ritualistic)

I ran from fire into the dark,

Now I stand where the shadows mark,

With ash on my face and hate in my tone,

I’m not calling for mercy—

I’m calling you home.

Rise, Great Warrior, from earth and flame,

Let them learn

Our name.

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Outro (Whispered, fading)

The forest heard me.

The ground replied.

They are not ready

For what survived.